Niche publications round out Transportation Library collections
Posted April 18, 2024
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 A recent donation to Northwestern’s Transportation Library just made it the only institution in the United States with...Posted April 18, 2024
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 A recent donation to Northwestern’s Transportation Library just made it the only institution in the United States with...Posted March 21, 2024
By Lindsey Williams The Object in Question In Die Festo Resurrectionis Domini is a 15th century gradual, or choir book, used during the time...Posted March 8, 2024
By Paul Feller-Simmons ’25 PhD This blog post is adapted from the exhibition Scripts and Performances: Uncharted Medieval Manuscripts at Northwestern University, on view...Posted February 26, 2024
A new acquisition by the Transportation Library documents the first successful balloon flight in England. The 1784 broadside features an illustration of Vincent Lunardi’s...Posted February 21, 2024
By Julie Calcagno What do sci-fi pulp, countercultural newspapers, and 1960s books on marijuana have in common? They’re enjoyable reads, food for thought and...Posted February 20, 2024
As Northwestern’s data analysis librarian, Sarah Thorngate knows that her title may not generate an instant understanding of what she does. “Data analysis, that’s...Posted February 8, 2024
Before widespread automobility, the street had been a shared public space – for pedestrians, bicycles, streetcars, horse-drawn vehicles – even a space for children’s...Posted February 5, 2024
Sure, librarian Ted Quiballo was pleased to find out he had been named one of 10 winners of an annual recognition from the American...Posted January 31, 2024
By Elena Hubert ’25 With a name like “Domenico Dragonetti,” you would figure the world’s first virtuoso bassist would be as well-known as Ludwig...